National and State Guidelines

6/9: Questions for Resuming Deferred & Preventive Dental Care Webinar: questioned answered around non-aerosol generating procedures, FIT Testing and budgets.

6/4: CDPH Guidance on Supplies: updated guidance to Local Oral Health Programs (LOHPs) regarding purchasing COVID-19 related supplies to support dental providers resuming dental care.

Resource List for LOHPs: comprehensive list of national organizations providing regulatory guidelines (pdf)

CDPH Guidance for Dentistry: California guidelines for dental professionals to safely return to work (pdf)

CDPH OOH Program Guidance: explanation of the California guidelines for dental professionals to safely return to work & examples of innovative LOHPs ideas  (PPT presentation)

CDPH Dental Guidance Overview: modified activities for the LOHPs Work Plan's to implement around schools, communication and self-care (pdf)

CDC Guidance for Providing Dental Care: guidelines for the dental community to adhere to around oral health services (website)

CDC Interim Infection Guidance for Dental Settings: guidelines for the dental community to adhere to around infection control (website)

Cal/OSHA Guideline: guidelines for the dental community to adhere to around aerosols (website)

PPE Distributed by County: California County profiles for metrics on the number of cases, and equipment distributed (website)

Look up COVID-19 Test Sites by zip, city, county: California Testing Sites and information (website)

Local Examples

Ventura County: training public health personnel to conduct FIT trainings for N95 masks in dental settings (PPT Presentation)

Orange County: developed a webpage around COVID-19 public facing resources (website)

Marin County: developed infographics to promote oral health messages to the community (English/Spanish pdfs)

Ventura County: developed a flyer to promote oral health messages to the community (English/Spanish pfds)